Editing Emilio Colombo (section)

{{Short description|Italian politician (1920–2013)}}
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{{Use British English|date=January 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = [[Senator for life]]
| name             = Emilio Colombo
| image            = Emilio Colombo crop.jpg
| office           = [[Prime Minister of Italy]]
| president        = [[Giuseppe Saragat]]<br/>[[Giovanni Leone]]
| term_start       = 6 August 1970
| term_end         = 18 February 1972
| deputy           = [[Francesco De Martino]]
| predecessor      = [[Mariano Rumor]]
| successor        = [[Giulio Andreotti]]
| office1          = President of the European Parliament
| order1           = 12th
| term_start1      = 8 March 1977
| term_end1        = 17 July 1979
| predecessor1     = [[Georges Spénale]]
| successor1       = [[Simone Veil]]

{{Collapsed infobox section begin |Ministerial offices
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| office2          = [[Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs|Minister of Foreign Affairs]]
| term_start2      = 1 August 1992
| term_end2        = 28 April 1993
| predecessor2     = [[Vincenzo Scotti]]
| successor2       = [[Beniamino Andreatta]]
| primeminister2   = [[Giuliano Amato]]
| term_start3      = 4 April 1980
| term_end3        = 4 August 1983
| predecessor3     = [[Attilio Ruffini]]
| successor3       = Giulio Andreotti
| primeminister3   = [[Arnaldo Forlani]]<br />[[Giovanni Spadolini]]<br />[[Amintore Fanfani]]
| office4          = [[Italian Minister of Finance|Minister of Finance]]
| primeminister4   = [[Ciriaco De Mita]]
| term_start4      = 13 April 1988
| term_end4        = 23 July 1989
| predecessor4     = [[Antonio Gava]]
| successor4       = [[Rino Formica]]
| office5          = [[Italian Minister of Budget|Minister of Budget]]
| primeminister5   = [[Giovanni Goria]]
| term_start5      = 29 July 1987
| term_end5        = 13 April 1988
| predecessor5     = Giovanni Goria
| successor5       = Amintore Fanfani
| primeminister6   = Giovanni Leone
| term_start6      = 25 June 1968
| term_end6        = 13 December 1968
| predecessor6     = [[Giovanni Pieraccini]]
| successor6       = [[Luigi Preti]]
| office7          = [[Italian Minister of Treasury|Minister of Treasury]]
| primeminister7   = [[Mariano Rumor]]<br>[[Aldo Moro]]
| term_start7      = 15 March 1974
| term_end7        = 30 July 1976
| predecessor7     = [[Ugo La Malfa]]
| successor7       = [[Gaetano Stammati]]
| primeminister8   = [[Giulio Andreotti]]
| term_start8      = 18 February 1972
| term_end8        = 26 June 1972
| predecessor8     = [[Mario Ferrari Aggradi]]
| successor8       = [[Giovanni Malagodi]]
| primeminister9   = Giovanni Leone<br>Aldo Moro<br>Mariano Rumor
| term_start9      = 22 June 1963
| term_end9        = 6 August 1970
| predecessor9     = [[Roberto Tremelloni]]
| successor9       = Mario Ferrari Aggradi
| office10         = [[Italian Minister of Justice|Minister of Grace and Justice]]
| primeminister10  = ''Himself''
| term_start10     = 6 March 1971
| term_end10       = 17 February 1972
| predecessor10    = [[Oronzo Reale]]
| successor10      = [[Guido Gonella]]
| office11         = Minister of Foreign Trade
| primeminister11  = Amintore Fanfani
| term_start11     = 2 July 1958
| term_end11       = 16 February 1959
| predecessor11    = [[Guido Carli]]
| successor11      = [[Rinaldo Del Bo]]
| office12         = [[Italian Minister of Agriculture|Minister of Agriculture]]
| primeminister12  = [[Antonio Segni]]<br>[[Adone Zoli]]
| term_start12     = 6 July 1955
| term_end12       = 2 July 1958
| predecessor12    = [[Giuseppe Medici]]
| successor12      = Mario Ferrari Aggradi
| office13         = [[List of mayors of Potenza|Mayor of Potenza]]
| term_start13     = 14 June 1952
| term_end13       = 14 January 1955
| predecessor13    = [[Pietro Scognamiglio]]
| successor13      = [[Vincenzo Solimena]]{{Collapsed infobox section end}}

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 |office2 = Member of the [[Senate of the Republic (Italy)|Senate]]
 |term_label2 =  [[Senators for life in Italy|Life tenure]]
 |term_start2 = 14 January 2003
 |term_end2 = 24 June 2013
 |appointer2    = [[Carlo Azeglio Ciampi]]
 |office3 = [[Member of the European Parliament]]
 |term_start3 = 25 July 1989
 |term_end3 = 19 July 1994
 |constituency3 = [[Southern Italy (European Parliament constituency)|Southern Italy]]
 |term_start4 = 17 July 1979
 |term_end4 = 24 July 1984
 |constituency4 = [[Southern Italy (European Parliament constituency)|Southern Italy]]
 |office5 = Member of the [[Chamber of Deputies (Italy)|Chamber of Deputies]]
 |term_start5 = 8 May 1948
 |term_end5 = 9 September 1992
 |constituency5 = [[List of Italian constituencies (1946–1994)#Potenza–Matera|Potenza–Matera]]
 |office6 = Member of the [[Constituent Assembly of Italy|Constituent Assembly]]
 |term_start6 = 25 June 1946
 |term_end6 = 31 January 1948
 |constituency6 = [[List of Italian constituencies (1946–1994)#Potenza–Matera|Potenza–Matera]]{{Collapsed infobox section end}}

| birth_date       = {{Birth date|df=y|1920|4|11}}
| birth_place      = [[Potenza]], [[Kingdom of Italy]]
| death_date       = {{Death date and age|df=y|2013|6|24|1920|4|11}}
| death_place      = [[Rome]], Italy
| party            = [[Christian Democracy (Italy)|Christian Democracy]]
| height           = {{convert|1.73|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| alma_mater       = [[Sapienza University of Rome|Sapienza University]]
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'''Emilio Colombo''' ({{IPA|it|eˈmiːljo koˈlombo|lang}}; 11 April 1920 – 24 June 2013) was an Italian politician. A member of the [[Christian Democracy (Italy)|Christian Democracy]] party, he served as [[Prime Minister of Italy]] from August 1970 to February 1972. In 2003, he was appointed [[senator for life]], a seat he held until his death.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=tZYrDwAAQBAJ&dq=Emilio+Colombo+2013&pg=PA228 Profile of Emilio Colombo]</ref>

During his long political career, Colombo held many offices in several governments. He served as [[Minister of Agriculture (Italy)|Minister of Agriculture]] from 1955 to 1958; {{ill|Minister of Foreign Trade (Italy)|lt=Minister of Foreign Trade|it|Ministri del commercio internazionale della Repubblica Italiana}} from 1958 to 1959; [[Minister of Justice (Italy)|Minister of Grace and Justice]] from 1970 to 1972; [[Minister of the Treasury (Italy)|Minister of Treasury]] from 1963 to 1970, in 1962 and from 1974 to 1976; [[Minister of Budget (Italy)|Minister of Budget]] in 1968 and from 1987 to 1988; [[Minister of Finance (Italy)|Minister of Finance]] from 1988 to 1989; and [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Italy)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] from 1980 to 1983 and from 1992 to 1993. A fervent [[Europeanist]], he also served as [[president of the European Parliament]] from 1977 to 1979.<ref>[https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/it/emilio-colombo_4203_pk Emilio Colombo – Multimedia Center], ''European Parliament''</ref>